Allow settings import/export

[jwdebelius]

Hi!

I really appreciate empress. I'm wondering if it would be possible to introduce one of my favorite features from emperor. I really liked the ability to export/import a settings file that would configure the display with the colors, annotations, rotation, and scale. It can take like 10-15 minutes to get things exactly the way I want as I annotate several layers of data. I'd love to see a similar thing in the future to support my erm... laziness?

[fedarko]

Thanks @jwdebelius -- I agree, this would be extremely useful to have in EMPress! We've had this on the docket for a while; I think we could maybe merge this with #131?

From what I remember, we were originally planning to focus on refactoring some of EMPress' code to make programmatically setting the application state easier, and then implement this sort of import/export functionality afterwards. At this point, though, it might make sense to go for the "quick-and-dirty" version of this sooner? Not sure what other folks' thoughts are on this. At least personally, I have much less time this year than last year to focus on EMPress' codebase (still have a few PRs I need to go review/merge...).

[jwdebelius]

I think it, sorry! 😳

And I totally understand how that happens! I hope things are going well. It's just a feature I'll anxiously await, when it gets here

[gibsramen]

At this point, though, it might make sense to go for the "quick-and-dirty" version of this sooner?

@fedarko I think this would be best. I can take a stab at a rudimentary version of this in the next couple of weeks but no promises.

[fedarko]

@jwdebelius No worries at all!!! It's always useful for us to know what planned features will be helpful for users to have; this is a reminder for me to get back to work ;)

@gibsramen that would be super dope, thanks! Hit me up if you want to try to pair-program this or something. We might be able to knock this out in a day or two (although I also have finals coming up soon so, uh, ditto on the no promises thing from my end)

[ElDeveloper]

Just my two cents, as much as possible mimicking the JSON format in EMPeror would be great. Thanks for working on this, it'll be super helpful to have this.

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[justinshaffer]

Thanks for the great tool! I wanted to express my enthusiasm for this functionality - looking forward to seeing it implemented.